The University admits to programs of graduate study those students who hold four-year baccalaureate degrees from an accredited college or university and demonstrate the ability to perform credibly at the graduate level. Applicant qualifications are judged by the faculty of the department of program to which they apply.
Each successful applicant is admitted into a program leading to an advanced degree, and expected to follow a planned course of study (within the degree of flexibility set forth in program descriptions in this catalog). On occasion, otherwise well-qualified students are admitted to degree programs in a field different from their undergraduate preparation. Such students must take the requisite undergraduate courses as part of their graduate degree requirements.
Applicants who do not satisfy the customary requirements, but who demonstrate promise in some way, may be encouraged to take some graduate level coursework as a Non-Degree student in order to strengthen their application for reconsideration for a future term.